| Not adept in |
| Unskilled in |
| Not doing well |
| Not skilled in |
| Struggling with |
| Not competent in |
| Lacking skill in |
| Not proficient in |
| U-turn from adept |
| Unable to do well |
| Lacking talent for |
| Not well versed in |
| Having no knack for |
| Having no talent in |
| Needing practice in |
| Without a knack for |
| Having trouble with |
| Lacking a knack for |
| Performing poorly in |
| Totally unskilled in |
| Without a talent for |
| Having no talent for |
| Lacking the knack for |
| Without a faculty for |
| Hardly good in, as golf |
| Without the faculty for |
| Unable to do competently |
| Utterly incompetent with |
| Without any aptitude for |
| Having no talent for: 2 wds. |
| Totally lousy with, as a skill |
| Not so great with, as with a sport |
| Not ___ all" ("Pretty good!"): 2 wds. |